Language Laboratory

A Place to Work with Language

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Writing Territories
TopicsHow Young People CommunicateMy mother - how she became so selflessMy father - how he could "up and leave"Eppy's strokeGeorge's journey homeThe Summer of Summer of the KittensSan Francisco - a magical cityMy first housethe apartment between KFC, BK and Iglesia Diosfinding my brothermy unknown ancestrymusic that mattersmiddle school - evolution from junior high schoolsdocumentaries that combine visuals with storiesstories of people who live herestories of people who lived here in the paststories of people who make a differencestories of people who chose not to make a difference

Genrespoemsshort storiesmemoirsresearch paperslettersfeature articlesthank you notesspeechesbirthday cards and notesliststweets and status updateslesson plansstudent evaluationsgrant proposals and reports to donorsreviews of events and experiences

Audiencesmyselfmy friends and familyother teachersmy studentsparents of my studentsparents of other studentsmy education colleagueselected legislators and policymakersmy professorreaders of the newspaperreaders of blogs & twittergrant donors

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Reading Territories

Favorite Authors of Fiction

Lewis Carroll
Sharon Creech

Favorite Poets/Songwriters

Michael Rosen
Jason Mraz
Tori Amos
Shel Silverstein

Favorite Playwrights

Woody Allen
Arthur Laurents

Favorite Authors for Adolescents

Gary D. Schmidt
Ralph Fletcher
Michael Rosen

Favorite Authors for Adults

Anita Diamant
Frank McCourt
Rafe Esquith
Timothy Tyson

Favorite Authors for Children

Peter H. Reynolds
Mo Willems
Shel Silverstein

Favorite Rereads

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Red Scarf Girl
La Linea
Love That Dog

Professional Reading

Tim Rasinski
Diane Ravitch
Kelly Gallagher
Cris Tovani
Larry Ferlazzo
Bill Ferriter
Stephanie Harvey & Smokey Daniels
Rick Wormeli

Guilty Pleasures

Real Simple
horoscopes
Mutts comic strip
Fables

Writing-in-Process

my research papers and projects for my Master's program (drafts through final products)
friends' drafts
students' drafts

Correspondence

tweets & status updates (w/ links)
email
letters and cards from friends

Daily Life

bills
contracts
recipes
food labels
instructions